Motor.



G. &'K. HOGG.

MOTOR;

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 18,1912. BBNEWD JULY 31.1913.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

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GEORGE HOGG- AND :KELLY HOGG, OF MONAHANS, TEXAS.

MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 31, 1914.

Application led July 18, 1912, Serial No. 710,180. Renewed July 31, 1913. Serial No. 782,354.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, GEORGE HOGG and KELLY Hooc, citizens of the United States, residing atv Monahans, in the county ot lVard and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motors; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suoli as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper-v tains to make and use the same.

The primary object of our invention is to provide a motor utilizing the buoyant qualities of air, in connection with fluids for generating motive power.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the fluid containing tank, partly in section, of a complete motor constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of the adjustable part of the rotary disk valve. Fig. 3 is a like View of the other part of the valve, and, Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section view of the valve and retaining means therefor.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a fluid containing tank and 2 a supporting frame; The frame 2 is connected to the upper edges of the tank 1 at its opposite ends and is disposed parallel with the surface of the fluid 3 contained wit-hin the tank.

Mounted upon the frame 2 within suitable bearings 4 is a shaft 5,. carrying at one end a lever 6, and adjacent the opposite end, the part 7 of a valve. The part 7 is rigid with the shaft 5, while the coperating part 8 of said valve is rotatable upon said shaft and is held in position against theiirst part by means of a spring 9.

An airreservoir 10 is positioned at some convenient point upon the frame 2 and is connected with the inlet ports 11 in the part 7 by means of a flexible supply pipe 12. The reservoir 10 is adapted to receive air under compression through the pipe 13. At diametrically opposite points from the inlet ports 11, the part 7 is provided with exhaust ports 11 for connecting therewith an eX- haust pipe 15. rhe other part 8 is provided with ports 16, and communicating with each port 16 are the oppositely directed hollow arms 17, having the outer extremities thereof bent downwardly at right angles to the main portion. y

Spring actuating bellows 18 are connected to the free ends of the arms 17, and are adapted to be alternately inflated with air from the reservoir 10 when the ports 16 are moved into registration with the inlet ports l1. f

Adjustably engaged around one of the arms 17 is a bracket member 19 carrying a connecting rod 2O for driving a suitable fly wheel 21 connected with the upper end thereof.

The operation of the motor is as follows: The lever 6 is thrown into a vertical position as` shown in Fig. 1 and the air under compression allowed to travel through the supply pipe 12 and into the lowermost bellows 18 through the registering ports 16 and 11. It will be seen that when one of the bellows has reached the limit of its downward movement, that bellows will receive air fromy the reservoir 10, while the uppermost bellows 18 will be exhausted of air, by reason of the fact that the ports 16 connected therewith will be in registration with the exhaust port 14 in the part 7. The air within the lowermost bellows 18 is sufficiently buoyant to lift said bellows and cause the lly wheel 21 to be rotated through the connecting rod 20. Then the bellows floats to the surface of the fluid, it will be exhausted of its air by the exhaust pipe 15 and ports 14, while the opposite bellows is lilled with air by the inlet port 11 with which communicates the ports 16.

lVhen it is desired to stop down the motor, the lever 6 is moved to a horizontal position, at the same time moving the part 7 to close the ports or prevent registration thereof.

Vhat we claim is 1. A motor comprising a tank adapted to contain fluid, a frame supported above the tank, an air reservoir thereon, ya shaft also mounted on said frame, a valve carried by said shaft, hollow arms connected to a part of said valve, bellows carried by the lower ends of said arms, and a fly wheel connected with one of said arms.

2. A motor comprising a fluid tank, a frame mounted over said tank, an airreservoir mounted over said frame, a shaft also mounted on said fra-me, a valve part fixed to said shaft, a second valve part loosely mounted on said shaft and engaging said valve part, hollow arms connected to the second valve part, bellows carried by the outer ends of said arms, and a ily wheel connected to one of said arms.

3. A motor comprising a tank adapted to contain a ludan air reservoin a shaft A1rotatably mounted above said tank, a, hand lever carried by one end of said shaft, a valve part secured to the opposite end of 'said shaft, aseoond Valve part loosely mounted on seul shaft, a, fly-Wheel, and connections between said second valve part and said Wheel for rotatngthe latter.

ln testimony whereof We have signed our "names to .this specification in the presence of lo two subscribing Wltnesses.

GEORGE HOGG.

. KELLY HOGG.

Witnesses:

J. H. Hose, C. A. FRAME. 

